Observations and stochastic modelling of strong ground motions for the 2011 October 23Mw 7.1 Van, Turkey, earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1217-1239

  Akinci, Aybige ^a   Antonioli, Andrea ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake ground motions; Seismic attenuation; Seismicity and tectonics; Site effects

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SEISMIC WAVES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EASTERN ANATOLIAN PLATEAU; GROUND MOTION CHARACTERISTICS; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; SITE EFFECTS;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GROUND MOTION; MODELING; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SITE EFFECT; STOCHASTICITY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

TURKEY; VAN;

EID: 84876880728     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs075     Document Type: Article

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